Khoth comments on Critiques of the heuristics and biases tradition - Less Wrong

18 Post author: lukeprog 18 March 2013 11:49PM

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Comment author: Khoth 20 March 2013 01:06:34PM 4 points [-]

Related: Somebody flips a coin 100 times. It's come up heads each time. What are the odds it comes up heads on the 101st throw? If you're doing a probability problem, the answer is 50%. But in reality, would you bet even with 1000x1 odds in your favor on that 101st throw being a tails?

In reality, I wouldn't bet either way. It's very likely that there's a trick where the coinflip will go against whichever way I bet.

Comment author: thescoundrel 20 March 2013 06:40:58PM 4 points [-]

So, you no box on Newcomb's Problem? :)